In The Thing, G. K. Chesterton declares, “…the truth is that nobody has any business to destroy a social institution until he has really seen it as an historical institution. If he knows how it arose, and what purposes it was supposed to serve, he may really be...
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March 31, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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In Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall,” [1] one line has outlived all the others in the common tongue of the English speaking world, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Each year, as the poem goes, Frost and his neighbor walk the line of the stone wall between their properties,...
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March 31, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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There is an Episode of 30 Rock, called “The Bubble”[1] in which Liz (Tina Fey) begins to date a character played by John Ham, whose good looks have allowed him to skate through life with nary a care. Doors open for him. Girls swoon over him. Bad things...
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March 29, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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The movie, Child 44, and the novel of the same name, explore the life of a red-pilled Russian war hero, now, military policeman, Leo Demidov, in the days of Stalinist Russia as he investigates a serial killer of children, who the powers that be refuse to acknowledge. They...
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March 23, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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One of my teachers in grade school grew up in Europe in the preceding and early years of World War II in one of the many nations bordering Germany. If I were to judge based on my memory of her slight accent, I would guess Austria, but to...
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March 21, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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The Book of Hebrews is written to help Christians who, in the face of growing persecution and pressure from Jewish religious leaders, have begun to waver in their determination to remain followers of Jesus. In addition to warnings about the consequences of Christian Apostasy, Hebrews celebrates the superiority...
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March 8, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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Psalm 119 is a poem that dedicates eight paired lines of poetry to each succeeding letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, all celebrating the power of divine Torah for promoting human thriving. The Beth section, (like our B, Greek’s Beta) verses 9-16 has particular value for our discussion at...
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March 6, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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There is an interesting twist, if you’ll pardon the pun, in the tassel command from Numbers 15:38-41 when it is woven (sorry I just can’t stop myself) into the new context of Deuteronomy 22:9-12. Here we have a series of commands against mixtures followed by the Tassel Command....
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March 4, 2023 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Studies, HAGALAH, Old Testament Studies
I just watched THE JESUS REVOLUTION. Highly recommend it. It gave me a lot to mull over. I grew up in those hippie movement/Jesus movement days, so it all seemed pretty normal to me at the time. I had nothing to compare it to. The movie holds out...
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March 4, 2023 Andrew Sargent
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The giving of the tassel to the Israelites in Numbers 15:38-41 is a powerful symbol of God’s love and acceptance, a divine gift to aid them in their struggles against sin, and an ever visible reminder of their privilege and responsibility as a kingdom of priests.[1] The shocking...
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March 3, 2023 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies, HAGALAH, Inductive Study Methods, Old Testament Studies
I’ll never forget a visit I made many years ago to a full scale temple model with my wife. The woman running the guided tour was just chuck full of… interesting tidbits… you thought I was going to write nuts didn’t you… well shame on you. Actually she...
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March 2, 2023 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Language Issues, Biblical Studies, Old Testament Studies
The tassel attached to the Hebrew male’s outer garment is a wonderful example of artifact communication in the Bible. That is, the tassel is an item used in Israel to communicate a particular meaning within that culture… one which is foreign and, thus, unintelligible to most of the...
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March 1, 2023 Andrew Sargent
Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Communication, Old Testament Studies, Theology
